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(No Model.) A. V. WHITEMAN.

STOPPBR 0R COVER FOR BOTTLES 0R JARS.

No. 275,101. Patented A r. 3, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAM V. W'HITEMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STOPPER OR COVER FOR BOTTLES OR JARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,101, dated April 3,1883.

Application filed October 21, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM V. WHITEMAN,

of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stoppers or Covers forBottles or Jars, of which the following is a specification.

' This improvement consists in a stopper for a bottle or jar, composedof two pieces or thicknesses of sheet metal fitting snugly together andhaving their edges overlapped, one provided with a downwardly-extendingannular rim or projection adapted to fit within the mouth of the bottleor jar, and the other having an arched or bent-up portion extendingupwardly from it for the reception of the bail, as more fullyhereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the upperpart'of a bottle orjar provided with a cover or stopper embodying myinvention". Fig. 2 is a plan or top view thereof. Fig. 3 isa centralvertical section of the same; and Fig. 4 is a side view of the cover orstopper and its appurtenances detached from the bottle or jar.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.-

A designates 'a bottle or jar, made of glass or other vitreous orsilicious material.

B designates a stopper or cover for the mouth of such bottle orjar. Asshown, it is composed of two parts, a b, of sheet metal. The part a hasan annular rim or projection, c, which fits in the mouth of the bottleor jar, and the part b is bent or arched, as at d, to accommodate abail,(J, and has its edges bent over the edges ofthe part a to secure itthereto. The ends of the bail O are pivoted in eyes 6, formed in abell-cranklever, D, which is made of stout wire and fits against theneck of the bottle or jar. The ends of this bellcrank lever D arepivoted in eyes f, formed in (No model.)

a fine wire, E, which is wrapped around the exterior of the neck of thebottle or jar, and

is fastened by having its ends twisted together. 5

When the downwardly-extending portions of the bell-crank leverD arepushed back the cover or stopper B is released and maybe swung off themouth of the bottle orjar. After the stopper or cover is swunginto placethe downwardly-extending portions of the bell-crank lever are pushedforward and the stopper or cover is secured in place in the mouth of thebottle or jar. A packingof india-rubber, card,

paper, or other suitable material will prefera- 5 5 ance that itsurpasses all the covers or stoppers commonly in use.

My stopper is very desirable for many reasons. It can be made cheaply,and is neat in appearance. It does not occupy much space inside themouth of the bottle orjar, and projects very little above it. It is madeof indestructible material, and when thrown over against the jar it willnot break or be liable to break the jar.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to 0 secure by Letters Patent,is-

A stopper for a bottle or jar, composed of two pieces or thicknesses ofsheet metal fitting snugly together and having their edges overlapped,one provided with a downwardly- 7 5 extending annular rim or projectionadapted to tit within the mouth of the bottle or jar, and the otherhaving an arched or bent-up portion extending upwardly from it for thereception of the bail, substantially as specified. 8o

ABRAM V. WHITEMAN. Witnesses:

T. J. KEANE, JAMES R. BOWEN.

